In September 1940 Sottotenente Vittorio Muratori served in the 92^a Squadriglia, 8^o Gruppo C.T. This unit was equipped with Fiat CR.42s and served in North Africa.

At 17:30 on 20 September, two CR.42s of the 92^a Squadriglia, 8^o Gruppo, flown by Sottotenente Muratori and Sergente Ernesto De Bellis took off from Menastir M.
Sottotenente Muratori intercepted a British formation of three Bristol Blenheims, which were out to attack Menastir and claimed one of them probably shot down. Muratori landed back at 18:10.
In the meantime, Sergente De Bellis intercepted a group of three planes identified as Sunderlands and was able to claim one of the enemy aircraft shot down. De Bellis landed back at 18:20.
The attack on Menastir was performed by three Blenheims from 55 Squadron commanded by Flight Lieutenant H. R. Goodman. The Bristols attacked at 18:30 making two runs; their bombs where seen falling over the landing strip and near dispersed aircraft but it was difficult to appreciate any results because of the dust raised. Four CR.42s were seen over Menastir and one, on the return journey near Sidi El Barrani, but in both cases these fighters were left behind and no engagement took place. From Italian reports, no losses were suffered during the raid on Menastir described as two separate raids made by three aircraft at 17:25 and 17:30 (obviously the two runs of the same 55 Squadron’s formation). No British losses can be verified on this day, even if it is known that around the same hours 211 Squadron made an evening attack on Sidi El Barrani.
No RAF Sunderland reported any kind of engagement during the day so most probably these planes were incorrectly identified machines of other type.

Muratori ended the war with 1 probable biplane victory.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1940
1	20/09/40	17:30-18:10	1	Blenheim (a)	Probable	Fiat CR.42		Menastir area	92a Squadriglia

Biplane victories: 1 probably destroyed.
TOTAL: 1 probably destroyed.
(a) Claimed in combat with Blenheims from 55 Squadron, which didn’t suffer any losses.

Sources:
2^o Stormo - Note storiche dal 1925 al 1975 - Gino Strada, 1975 USSMA, Rome, kindly provided by Ludovico Slongo.
L’8^oGruppo caccia in due conflitti mondiali - Giuseppe Pesce, 1974 S.T.E.M. Mucchi, Modena, kindly provided by Ludovico Slongo.
L'Aeronautica Italiana nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale - Prima Parte - Giuseppe Santoro, 1950 Danesi, Rome, kindly provided by Ludovico Slongo.
Additional information kindly provided by Ludovico Slongo